 Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad - USA Today
#1 Money Book for 2004 and international runaway bestseller; is an investor, entrepreneur and
educator whose perspectives on money and investing fly in the face of conventional wisdom. Robert
Kiyosaki has, virtually single-handedly, challenged and changed the way tens of millions, around
the world, think about money.
In communicating his point of view on why old advice; get a good job, work hard,
save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify; is bad; (both obsolete and flawed)
advice, Robert Kiyosaki has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage.
Rich Dad Poor Dad ranks as the longest-running bestseller on all four
of the lists that report to Publishers Weekly The New York Times, Business Week, The Wall
Street Journal and USA Today and has held a top spot on the famed New York Times
list for over five years.
Translated into 45 languages and available in 90 countries. the Rich Dad series has
sold over 25 million copies worldwide and has dominated best sellers lists across Asia, Australia, South
America, Mexico and Europe. In 2005, Robert Kiyosaki was inducted into the Amazon.com Hall of Fame as
one of that booksellers Top 25 Authors. There are currently 12 books in the Rich Dad series.
Robert Kiyosaki writes a bi-weekly column -Why the Rich Are Getting Richer for
Yahoo! Finance and a monthly column titled Rich Returns for Entrepreneur magazine.
Prior to writing Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki created the educational
board game CASHFLOW 101 to teach individuals the financial and investment strategies that his rich dad
spent years teaching him. It was those same strategies that allowed Robert Kiyosaki to retire at age 47.
Today there are more than 1,600 CASHFLOW Clubs, game groups independent of The
Rich Dad Company in cities throughout the world.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Robert Kiyosaki is a fourth-generation Japanese-American.
After graduating from college in New York, Robert Kiyosaki joined the Marine Corps and served in
Vietnam as an officer and helicopter gunship pilot. Following the war, Robert Kiyosaki went to work
in sales for the Xerox Corporation and, in 1977, started a company that brought the first nylon and
Velcro 'surfer wallets' to market. He founded an international education company in 1985 that taught
business and investing to tens of thousands of students throughout the world.
In 1994 Robert Kiyosaki sold his business and, through his investments, was able
to retire at the age of 47. During his short-lived retirement he wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad.
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